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HARK!  O'ER  THE  SOUTHERN  HILLS. 


IIY    A    SOITH 


Hark!  o'er  tlie  Souihern  bills,  we  liear 

The  cannons  and  tlie  rifle^  sonml  : 
Ltt  it  be  told  in  every  ear, 

Where  l''reenian  make  their  Viattic  j^roundl 
CiiOKis. — Hearl  (>  hear.  t\\f  liattle's  call. 
(liilJHnt  Southrons  hear  it  all! 
Sons  of  freedom  now  awake. 
And  the  chains  of  tyrant's  hreak. 

Fire  hundred  tlionsand  men  are  they. 
That  Lincoln  rais'd  for  his  foray  — 

The  South  to  conquer  and  to  slay. 
Vonr  country  calls — her  call  ohey. 
Chorus. — Hear!  0  hear    the  battle's  call. 

Oh!   What  are  thousands,  when  the  brave, 
Defend  their  land  and  freedom  dear: 

When,  God,  your  country  calls  to  save. 
He  none  so  base  as  death  to  fear, 

Chorls. — Hear!  O  hear,  the  battles  call. 

HraTC  Southern  youths,  I  call  you  all, 
I  call  you  for  your  country's  fame. 

Make  for  the  serfs,  your  hearts,  a  wall. 
Your  children  leave  an  honored  uame. 
Chorus. — Hear!  0  hear,  &c. 

They  talk  of  Union,  and  the  fla<T, 

Old,  blessed  guards  of  liberty; 
And  all  that's  good  from  both,  they  drag, 

Debase  them  both  with  tyranny. 
Chords. — Hear!  0  hear,  &c. 

For  freedom  had  the  Union  name; 

'Twas  in  the  Constitution  found, 
'Till  Lincoln  tore  theiu  both  in  twain, 

And  with  the  shreds  his  pris'neri  bound. 
Chorcs. — Hear!  0  hear,  &c. 

We  loved  the  casket  for  the  gem. 
Sweet  liberty's  the  precious  thing; 

Oh!  would  you  love  the  Union  when 
Far,  far  away,  the  gem  they  *liing? 
Chorus. — Hear!  0  hear,  &c. 


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But  we'll  preserve  the  sacn  d  thing. 

With  deathless  chapicts  be  it  downed. 

What  Northern's  in  the  dirt  would  fling. 
With  laurel  in  the  South  be  bound. 
Chouus. — Hear!  0  hear,  &c. 

In  SouTHKUN  U.N10N  let  us  boast; 

There  Liberty  be  ever  shown; 
The  revolution  be  our  ton.'^t. 

The  principles  of  Washington. 
Chorus. — Hear!  O  hear,  &c. 

0,  Maryland,  dread  not,  the  hours 

Shall  come  to  make  thee  high  as  brave. 

When  Dixie  humbles  Northern  powers, 
And  claims  the  soil  those  powers  enslave. 
Chorus. — Hear!  0  hear,  &c. 

Crush'd  freedom  calls  us  to  Ihe  strife. 
Like  that  in  which  our  fathers  bled; 

For  homes,  for  liberty  and  life. 

When  Southern  chieftains  formost  led. 
Chorus. — Hear!  0  hear,  &c. 

Come  rush  to  victory,  on!  on! 

Press  like  the  hosts  of  Washington, 
And  win  the  figiit  as  by  him  won, 

*As  it  was  gained  in  eighty-one. 
Chorus. — Hear!  0  hear,  &c. 

God  bears  the  bann(  r  of  the  free; 

His  blessings  on  its  folds  he  shed. 
In  Him  our  sacred  trust  shall  be. 

And  in  his  uame,  our  banner  spread. 
Chorus. — Hear!  O  hear,  the  battle's  cal.. 
Gallant  Southrons  hear  it  alll 
.     Sons  of  freedom  now  awake, 
And  the  chains  of  tyrant's  break. 

*  The  last  great  battle  of  tlie  first  revolution 
was  gained  in  1781,  at  Yoiktown,  which  may  be  said  to 
have  ended  the  revolutionary  fight. 

Norfolk,  Jan.  24/A,  1862.  H. 


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